ihe Club, to be used at the next meeting; the badge to be of a deep l)luc 

 color, and the words "Entomological Club" to be in some way printed 

 thereon. 



(3n motion of Prof. C. V. Riley, the secretary was autliorized to 

 jirint the minutes of the present meeting of the Club, in "l-'ntomologica 

 Americana.'' 



Prof. Osborn moved that hereafter the club shall nut meet prior u> 

 the first dav of the meeting of the Ass'.iciatiun — after some discussion, the 

 motion not being seconded was lost. 



Prof Riley moved that a committee of three be appointed to ar- 

 range a [programme for the ne.\t meeting, and that the chair and the sec- 

 retary be members of that committee. Carried; and the chair appointed 

 Prof Riley as the 3d member of the committee. 



Prof Osborn gave a few "Random notes on JMallophaga.'' 

 The secretary read the following letter from Mr. W. H. PMwards t<i 

 I'lof J. A. Lintner. 



"1 wish you to mention at the meeting of the luitomological Club, 

 that whereas it was stated at the meeting one year ago, by Mr. E. M. 

 Aaron, that in Tennessee, he had found Papilio ajax larvae on spice-wood 

 and sassafras, *I have experimented this season on these larvae, and in 

 every case the larvae oi Ajax, on either spice-wood or sassafras, refused 

 the food, and died of starvation. 1 tried several larva just out of egg. 

 before they had tasted pawpaw; also larvce just past 4th molt, before the\- 

 had eaten (after the molt); and I tried half grown larva?, and in ever\- 

 case, the result was the same. I do not say that Mr. Aaron was mistaken. 

 Init I sav West Virginia larvae refuse these two plants. 



You may say, iTyou like, that I have this season, bred Ct-onyvipiia 

 galdtlimis lar\aj from egg to imago and the result was the form calif or- 

 nica; therefore the species is seasonably dimorphic: — that I have bretl 

 Qonympha inor>iahi, from Vancouver Island, from egg to imago, and 

 got the same type butterfly: — that I have bred Cconyjnpha ochracea to 

 last molt, but not to Chrysalis: — that I have bred Saiyrus charon, egg- 

 to imago; and have larvae of Odus hibernating: — that I have bred 

 Argymiis halcyuju from egg to imago, and whereas the butterflies are 

 near to Argyfinis alceslis, the larvas are almost as different as A. Pdalia 

 larvae from either alcestis or aphrodik. And you may say that I should be 

 greatly obliged for eggs from butterflies, especially of species which are 

 not likely to be found in West Virginia. '' 



Mr. E. A. Schwarz exhibited specimens of Cosmosomu omphale froni 



* Mr. Aaron saiil Upland hucklebcny nol sassafia-. .See Uicioklyn liiill. \ 11. 

 p. 91. — En. 



